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The South India Girl Child Initiative
CD Training Material released
Aseema Trust and Nalamdana (Partners on the South India Girl Child Project funded by World Education, Boston) released
a CD (audio tape of 8 songs) called "KUYILLUM MAYILLUM" meaning "Cuckoo & Peacock" to symbolise the songs created by vulnerable girls. Each song is on an important issue as identified by these young girls. Trained by Nalamdana, some have sung in the tape while others have written the songs. Trained by Aseema, some girls have learned to dance to the songs. The song and dance tape is being distributed Free in local schools and slum communities where Nalamdana works.
The CD created for and by vulnerable girls was formally released among 500 school students. At the event, the Consul General of the United States of America in Chennai, David T. Hopper, released the tape and first copies were given to special guests; Ms. Shakuntala Sharma, Secretary, The Children's Garden School and Mr. S. P Balasubramaniam, noted playback singer. Speaking on the occasion the representatives of Aseema Trust, World Education Inc and Nalamdana stressed how this project helped reach vulnerable girls.
Nithya Balaji of Nalamdana, announced that every CD supported with a donation of Rs.50 will help Nalamdana donate Rs.5 of that towards a very special CARE school in Kuchinerla, A. Pradesh, where this partner NGO rescues 100 girl children per year from bonded hazardous child labour.
Donations can be made to Nalamdana in India or through the Friends of Nalamdana, in the U.S. (see contact page) Nalamdana will create more copies for free distribution and also periodically collect the donations accrued and pass them on to the CARE school.
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